Bitcoin traded at a 1% premium on Upbit, South Korea’s largest crypto trade, over Binance’s dollar-denominated worth as we speak, marking the longest sustained constructive unfold since early May. The reappearance of the so-called kimchi premium raises an instantaneous analytical query: Does this replicate a real revival of South Korean retail threat urge for food?…
OpenClaw has launched model 2.0, described by the venture as essentially the most substantial replace in its historical past. The launch includes over 16,000 pull requests and was developed by 933 contributors, of whom 569 had been first-time members. According to venture lead Peter Steinberger, the event cycle marked a deliberate shift in strategy: whereas…
Donald Trump Jr.’s enterprise capital agency, 1789 Capital, is main a $1 billion funding spherical that values Polymarket at $21 billion, contributing roughly $300 million in recent capital on high of the $200 million it had already put into the prediction market platform. The new spherical lifts Polymarket’s valuation 40% above the roughly $15 billion…
Prediction market Kalshi suspended Republican House candidate Laurie Buckhout for 3 years after discovering that she had positioned bets on her personal race. Buckhout is difficult Democratic Representative Don Davis in North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. The Fine Costs More Than the Wager Buckhout purchased lower than $1,000 in contracts associated to her personal candidacy,…
Elon Musk wanted one phrase for Europe’s loudest startup debate of the week. He posted “Wow.” The set off was Stripe CEO Patrick Collison’s story of a German founder who paid a €30,000 German notary payment to hear a 90-page funding contract learn aloud. German regulation required the session. Collison requested the founder whether or…
Bitcoin value rose 24.95% in August, and nonetheless trades 9.62% beneath the place it began the 12 months. The month was purchased virtually solely by funds. Everyone else was promoting into it. Why Did the Price Rise 25% in August? US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $3.52 billion throughout August, per SoSoValue data. Only 5…
Crypto recorded 50 main hacks in August, the very best month-to-month depend of 2026. Total losses fell to $136.3 million, down 49.5% from July. Blockchain safety agency PeckShield printed the tally on Tuesday. The figures present attackers hanging much more usually whereas extracting much less from every incident. Cronos Halt Blunted the Month’s Largest Exploit…
XRP worth trades at $1.37 as of this writing, shifting barely upward previously 24 hours, a quiet quantity that belies the larger bullish evaluation beneath the floor. Spot XRP ETFs have now strung collectively ten straight days of web inflows, and the streak seems headed for double digits. XRP ETF Flows, Coinglass What’s driving money…
Cronos has restarted and restored block manufacturing after validators restored the chain to its state earlier than the Tectonic exploit, changing an open-ended community halt with a monitored restart. In an Aug. 31 replace, Cronos stated the restarted chain was producing blocks from block 90,896,189, with a timestamp of 23:49:01 UTC on Aug. 30. The…
Telegram has initiated the rollout of its native non-custodial Gram Wallet to a choose group of customers, marking the primary stage of a deployment that can finally attain the messaging platform’s billion-plus international person base. Telegram founder Pavel Durov introduced the event on his private channel, confirming that the pockets is now operational for an…